I don't know that a lot of people want to decouple economically from Mexico. I would see it as fundamentally different from China in that it's not even close to clear that we have an issue with the Mexican government, so much as we just would like the two countries jointly to have the capacity to totally control the flow of people and goods across the border (in both directions by the way, Mexico complains about a lot of illegal guns going south).
I don't know that what/who is the best way to communicate the dichotomy between the new racism and the general consensus around colorblindness. Personally, not sure that anyone will ever state it better than content of character versus color of skin.
I would violently oppose that way of talking about Social Security and Medicare. I think it gets lost in DC-centric circles, but out here in the hinterlands, "balanced budgets" don't belong in the same conversation as "cuts and threats to Social Security and Medicare". SS and Medicare are supposed to be social insurance programs versus social welfare programs, all of us pay in and then those funds collectively guarantee our own care later on in life. The betrayal in my view at least is the way in which they have been at least partially transformed into welfare programs, subject to annual budget negotiations. Then it becomes very easy for Democrats to portray Republicans as anti-SS and Medicare if they advocate for even the most basic levels of fiscal responsibility.
I don't know that a lot of people want to decouple economically from Mexico. I would see it as fundamentally different from China in that it's not even close to clear that we have an issue with the Mexican government, so much as we just would like the two countries jointly to have the capacity to totally control the flow of people and goods across the border (in both directions by the way, Mexico complains about a lot of illegal guns going south).
I don't know that what/who is the best way to communicate the dichotomy between the new racism and the general consensus around colorblindness. Personally, not sure that anyone will ever state it better than content of character versus color of skin.
I would violently oppose that way of talking about Social Security and Medicare. I think it gets lost in DC-centric circles, but out here in the hinterlands, "balanced budgets" don't belong in the same conversation as "cuts and threats to Social Security and Medicare". SS and Medicare are supposed to be social insurance programs versus social welfare programs, all of us pay in and then those funds collectively guarantee our own care later on in life. The betrayal in my view at least is the way in which they have been at least partially transformed into welfare programs, subject to annual budget negotiations. Then it becomes very easy for Democrats to portray Republicans as anti-SS and Medicare if they advocate for even the most basic levels of fiscal responsibility.
Youngkin vs Yang.